例121 They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth.
【結(jié)構(gòu)分析】句子的主干是They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor,后面是條件句lest,翻譯成以免,條件句的主語是animal rights misinformation,第一個動詞是go,第一個表語是unchallenged,第二個動詞是acquire,第二個賓語是a deceptive appearance of truth。
【亮點回放】此句話的亮點在于后面的條件句,而且還是個并列句,lest句型是個很重要的句型,比如I take an umbrella lest it will rain。
【核心詞匯】
quick to respond to 迅速回復
letters to the editor 回復讀者來信
lest 以免
animal rights misinformation 動物權利的錯誤信息
go unchallenged 不受質(zhì)疑
acquire a deceptive appearance of truth 披上真理的騙人外衣
【參考譯文】他們應該迅速回復讀者來信,以免動物權利的錯誤信息不受質(zhì)疑、披上真理的騙人外衣。